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From: EastEnd NoTar <info at eastendnotar.org> 
Date: 2015-12-10  11:06 PM  (GMT-05:00) 
To: EastEnd NoTar <info at eastendnotar.org> 
Subject: 80 community groups tell Trudeau halt Line 9 

Hi, 



In the broadest-ever protest against Enbridge's Line 9 pipeline, a joint
statement of 80 community groups in southern Ontario and Quebec, along with
indigenous communities, and national organizations calls on the Trudeau
government to uphold promises to restructure the National Energy Board (NEB).
See the Toronto
East End Against Line 9 blog
and below.



Next Toronto East End meeting: The fall
of Harper: What we've gained, and what are the
next steps on pipeline and climate action?

Wednesday, January 13, 6:30 p.m.

Community Centre 55 (97 Main St.)



Also,
see This Changes
Everything, a film on Naomi Klein’s book of that name,
directed by Avi Lewis.

Friday, December 11, 7:30 p.m. at the Metropolitan Community
 Church, 115 Simpson Avenue, Toronto. For more info: http://bit.ly/1Q5FCd2

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80 community groups tell Trudeau to halt Line 9



Dear Prime Minister:



We are writing on behalf of community organizations in
southern Ontario and Quebec, impacted Indigenous communities, and national
organizations that would like to express adamant opposition to the recent
‘Leave to Open’ status granted to the Enbridge Line 9B reversal project by the
National Energy Board (NEB) of Canada. That the Line 9 project (Line 9A &
9B) was ultimately approved by the NEB is an
unacceptable outcome of an NEB
review process that was deeply flawed and undemocratic.



Line 9 poses significant risks to the health and
wellbeing of millions of Canadians. Given your renewed commitments to
protecting the environment including the mitigation of runaway climate change
as well as your commitments to respecting Indigenous rights, we are calling
upon the federal government to restructure the NEB review process. We urge the federal
government to halt the Line 9 project until it can be subjected to a subsequent
review under more robust, transparent, and democratic conditions.



In your recent mandate letter to Catherine McKenna,
Minister of Environment and Climate Change, you underscore not only a number of
important commitments with respect to the environment, but also the crucial
role civil society plays in holding the federal government to account. We ask
that you show leadership and vision by upholding promises made during your
campaign and in your environmental mandate.



You state explicitly that we must “treat our
freshwater as a precious resource that deserves protection and careful
stewardship.” The NEB
decision to approve Line 9 directly undermines this objective. Line 9 is an
aging pipeline that cuts across every major river and tributary flowing into Lake Ontario,
which millions of Ontarians depend on for their drinking water. In Quebec, Line 9 also crosses major bodies of water, such
as the Ottawa River, which is the drinking
water source of more than 2.5 million people.



The new proposed contents of Line 9 include diluted
bitumen from the tar sands, a much heavier and more toxic substance than the
conventional oil it was built to carry, as well as potentially explosive
fracked Bakken Shale oil. A pipeline safety expert, with 40 years of experience
in the energy sector, has testified that there is a 90% likelihood of a
significant Line 9 spill within the first five years of operation. Not only are
the local consequences along the pipeline route of great concern, but so are
the upstream consequences around the tar sands megaproject. In Alberta, First Nations
communities are being displaced and poisoned by tar sands operations, and are
experiencing deleterious health impacts as a result….

Read more: http://eastendnotar.org/2015/12/10/80-groups-call-for-halt-of-enbridges-line-9/










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